Swedish Rail Administration

The Swedish Rail Administration (Swedish: Banverket) was a Swedish State administrative authority which acted as owner on behalf of the State and maintained virtually all main railway lines in Sweden; except for short sidings for freight, heritage railways, the Stockholm Metro, local railways in the Stockholm area (Roslagsbanan & Saltsjöbanan), and the tramways in Gothenburg, Norrköping and Stockholm. Its headquarters was located in Borlänge.

Banverket

Banverket Rc engine with a construction train near the Malmbanan depot at Kiruna
Former type	State administrative authority (Swedish: Statlig förvaltningsmyndighet)
Fate	Merged with the Swedish Road Administration
Predecessor	Swedish State Railways
Successor	Swedish Transport Administration
Founded	1988
Defunct	31 March 2010
Headquarters	Borlänge , Sweden
Area served	Sweden
Products	Rail infrastructure
Owner	The State (100%)
Website	www.trafikverket.se/Om-Trafikverket/Andra-sprak/English-Engelska/

The Swedish Rail Administration was formed in 1988, when Swedish State Railways was split in two parts, leaving Statens Järnvägar as mainly a train operator ( both passenger and freight) and as a real estate owner, only to be split again in 2001.

The Swedish Railway Inspectorate (Swedish: Järnvägsinspektionen) was a part of the Swedish Rail Administration until 2004, when the Swedish Rail Agency (Swedish: Järnvägsstyrelsen) was formed, taking over its responsibilities. That agency was in turn incorporated into the newly formed Swedish Transport Agency (Swedish: Transportstyrelsen) in 2009.

In 2010, the Government directed a merger with the Swedish Road Administration (Swedish: Vägverket) to create the new Swedish Transport Administration (Swedish: Trafikverket), and the subsidiary responsible for railway maintenance was spun off in a separate aktiebolag, Infranord.